Strong thunderstorm winds from an afternoon thunderstorm caused tree damage in Stephenville.
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Strong thunderstorm winds from an afternoon thunderstorm caused tree damage in Stephenville.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 5:13 PM CST, 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 613 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 .AVIATION... VFR THROUGH PERIOD AT METROPLEX SITES...KACT STILL HAS POSSIBLE TSRA FOR ANOTHER HOUR THIS EVENING. THUNDER CHANCES DROP TOMORROW AS LOWER LEVELS DRY OUT MORE THAN TODAY. WILL NOT ADD A CB GROUP IN THE TAFS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 84 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010/ AT 3PM...TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 100 FOR MOST LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CWA. DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES AROUND 70 HAVE LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 111. NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS...CONTINUING THE HOT AND DRY TREND. HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE AROUND 100 BUT INCREASED HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD STILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES IN EXCESS OF 105...MAINLY EAST OF I-35. THEREFORE...EXTENDED THE HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY. THE RIDGE SHIFTS SOUTHWESTWARD TUESDAY AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH OKLAHOMA. CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE MIGHT REACH THE NORTHWEST ZONES...SO KEPT THE PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND OF 20 POPS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OUTFLOW FROM THESE STORM COULD ALSO PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW SO ONLY PUT 10 POPS AND INTRODUCED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER WEDNESDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. MODELS PROGS SUGGEST SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY IN RESPONSE TO A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. HOWEVER...THIS WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE RIDGE WHICH DOMINATES OUR CURRENT PATTERN. 42/MM && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 102 81 102 82 / 20 10 10 10 5 WACO, TX 80 102 79 101 80 / 20 10 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 74 98 75 99 78 / 20 10 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 77 103 77 101 78 / 20 20 20 10 5 MCKINNEY, TX 77 99 76 102 77 / 20 10 10 10 5 DALLAS, TX 81 101 82 102 83 / 20 10 10 10 5 TERRELL, TX 78 101 78 103 79 / 20 10 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 77 100 79 99 79 / 20 10 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 75 101 77 100 78 / 20 10 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 102 75 100 76 / 20 20 20 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR TXZ095-103>107-117>123- 131>135-144>148-158>162-174-175. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 346 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-171215- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 346 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A KILLEEN TO WEATHERFORD TO PARIS LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A KILLEEN TO WEATHERFORD TO PARIS LINE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF A BRECKENRIDGE TO BONHAM LINE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAVANAUGH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
200 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010
TXZ101-116-161930-
JACK TX-PALO PINTO TX-
200 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL JACK COUNTY
NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY
AT 158 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSBORO...WHICH WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
THIS STORM HAS DEVELOPED QUICKLY AND WILL LIKELY COLLAPSE SHORTLY
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3313 9827 3312 9810 3302 9806 3291 9807
3291 9826 3293 9834 3306 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 089DEG 1KT 3305 9821
CAVANAUGHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010
TXZ162-162115-
LEON TX-
345 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY
AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES NORTH OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT
5 MPH.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3123 9572 3122 9574 3116 9573 3114 9577
3110 9577 3109 9588 3111 9600 3136 9592
3132 9571
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 011DEG 6KT 3125 9583SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
516 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010
TXZ159-160-162245-
MCLENNAN TX-FALLS TX-
516 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN FALLS COUNTY
EASTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY
AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 10 MILES EAST OF
ROBINSON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GOLINDA...HALLSBURG...
LOTT...MARLIN...MART...RIESEL AND ROBINSON.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3112 9689 3129 9719 3173 9702 3173 9694
3152 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 027DEG 6KT 3146 9696
CAVANAUGHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
633 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010
TXZ133-145-170000-
JOHNSON TX-HILL TX-
633 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HILL COUNTY
SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY
AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTH OF ALVARADO...MOVING WEST AT 15
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BLUM...COVINGTON...GRANDVIEW
AND ITASCA.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3234 9717 3214 9709 3205 9736 3216 9743
3219 9744 3227 9747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 072DEG 14KT 3220 9723
CAVANAUGHThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous large trees and tree branches were knocked down across Stephenville by thunderstorm winds. The newspaper reported that the northwest parts of the city appeared to be hit the hardest by the winds. Power lines were also down in parts of the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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